Arbetsbeskrivning

Job description

AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare services. AstraZeneca is proud to offer a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Co-workers are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.

About the role: Join the Bioscience Asthma & Skin Immunity in vivo team within Research and Early Development, Respiratory & Immunology. You will support in vitro and in vivo studies, and ex vivo analyses. Respiratory & Immunology is one of AstraZeneca’s core therapy areas, aiming to understand, treat, modify, and ultimately cure respiratory and autoimmune diseases.

This is a consultant assignment with Randstad Life Sciences. Randstad Life Sciences is specialized in competences within Life Science. As a consultant you get a competitive salary, benefits and collective agreements. Your consultant manager ensures that you get varying and developing assignments at different companies, within different industries. At Randstad Life Sciences, your personal development is in focus, and you are offered a large network and many social activities.

Deadline 2026-02-12 - the selection process and interviews will be ongoing, so please apply as soon as possible!

Responsibilities

What you will do:

• Plan and execute experiments: Design, perform, and analyze in vitro and ex vivo studies to advance drug discovery projects and generate publishable insights.

• Support in vivo experiments

Accountabilities:

• Hands on work: Conduct in vitro and ex vivo analysis from rodent studies alongside a team of committed scientists; support in vivo scientists with preparations for experiments, collecting biological samples and live animal handling.

• Data responsibilities: Uphold the highest standards of data integrity, quality control, and archiving.

• Communication: Evaluate and interpret primary data; write reports and summaries; present in team and project meetings.

AstraZeneca is one of the world’s most exciting bio-pharmaceutical companies. From scientists to sales, lab techs to legal, we’re on a mission to turn ideas into life-changing medicines that improve patients’ lives and benefit society. We need great people who share our passion for science and have the drive and determination to meet the unmet needs of patients around the world.

Qualifications

Essential for the role:

• Cellular/molecular techniques: Ability to independently plan, execute, and analyze protein expression/activation assays (ELISA, Meso Scale Discovery) and RNA analysis (extraction, qRT PCR).

• In vivo experience: Hands-on experience with rodents including live animal handling, drug administration through different routes, blood and organ sampling and processing. Valid education required for compliance to work with live animals in Sweden (LAS, FELASA)

• Data and statistics: Understanding statistical methods, quality control, reporting, and data archiving.

• M.Sc. degree in relevant subjects or equivalent level of understanding developed through experience in academia or drug discovery settings.

Desirable for the role:

• Experience in lung function measurements in rodents

Soft skills:

• Communication: Excellent written and spoken English

• Strong presentation skills.

About the company

Randstad

At Randstad, we see the possible in people. With business all over Sweden and in all areas of expertise, we help people find work that feels good, where they get the opportunity to develop and realize their true potential.

With close to 600 000 employees in 38 countries, Randstad is the global leader in the HR services industry. Our mission is to become the world’s most valued working life partner. By combining our passion for people with the power of today’s technology, we support people and organizations in realizing their true potential. We call it Human Forward.